Example sentences of "in [v-ing] themselves [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The current study shows that Hand is likely to have retrieved the vast majority of derived papers , and it is suggested that studies in other subject fields would be statistically safe in limiting themselves to similar time periods . |
| 2 | The current study shows that Hand is likely to have retrieved the vast majority of derived papers , and it is suggested that studies in other subject fields would be statistically safe in limiting themselves to similar time periods . |
| 3 | Why do people take so much pleasure in immersing themselves in warm water ? |
| 4 | But two things have happened : schools must now be uncertain in comparing themselves with each other because the Education ( Schools ) Act 1992 has created dilemmas about the mediation of inspectors ' and advisers ' reports . |
| 5 | Originally rivals , they have succeeded in identifying themselves with one another by means of a love for the same object . |
| 6 | In freeing themselves from this burden they may need to make their escape into another language or culture , even by establishing geographical distance over thousands of miles of ocean . |